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Age of Congress Members
Age>70, 74
20-29, 1
30-39, 21 40-49, 83
60-69, 17150-59, 189
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
>70
Marital Status
Married, 460
Widowed, 14Single, 37
Divorced, 25
Domestic Partner, 2
Seperated, 1Married
DomesticPartner
Divorced
Seperated
Single
Widowed
Religion
Greek Ortho., 6
Episcopal, 38 Christian, 26
Catholic, 159
Baptist, 60
Other, 45
Protestant, 20
Presbyterian, 43
Non, 8
Mormon, 14
Methodist, 52
Lutheran, 24
Jewish, 44
Other
Baptist
Catholic
Christian
Episcopal
Greek Ortho.
Jewish
Lutheran
Methodist
Mormon
Non
Presbyterian
Protestant
Ethnicity
Caucasian, 461
Vietnamese, 1
Asian, 8
African American,
42
American Indian, 1
Pacific Islander, 1
Hispanic, 25
African American
American Indian
Asian
Caucasian
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
Vietnamese
Occupational Background
Democrat, 320
Independent, 2
Republican, 217
Democrat
Independent
Republican
Occupational Background
Teacher, 96
White House
Staff, 109 Buisness, 189
Law, 215Law
Buisness
White HouseStaff
Teacher
Congressional Session
• This 111th congressional session is in its first session which lasts from January 6th- October 30 2009.
Senators From Texas
Sen. John Cornyn
Elected 2002
Served 1 term
Up for re-election 2015
District Judge, TX supreme court, TX Attorney General
Texas
Owns several firearms hunts as often as he can
Senators From Texas
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Elected in 1993
Served 3 terms
Up for re-election 2012
TX House, TX treasurer
Texas
First woman to represent TX
President of the Senate
• Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Delaware)
• Elected in 1973• Served six terms• Up for re-election
2012• Worked as Democrat
for New Castle County Council
President Pro Tempore
• Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia)
• Worked in West Virginia House and West Virginia Senate
• Elected in 1959• Served one term from
2007 to 2011
Majority Leader
• Harry Reid (Nevada)• Worked in Nevada
Assembly• Elected in 2005• Re election 2011
Assistant Majority Leader
• Richard Durbin (Illinois)
• Worked in U.S. House
• Elected in 2005• Two terms from 2005
to 2011
Minority Leader
• Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
• Worked as Jefferson Co. Judge Executive
• Elected in 2007• One term 2007 - 2011
Assistant Minority Leader
• Jon Kyl (Arizona)• Worked in U.S.
House• Elected in 1994• One term 2007 - 2011
Speaker of the House
• Nancy Pelosi (Maryland)
• No prior elected office• Elected in 2006• One term 2007 - 2011
Minority Leader
• John Boehner (Ohio)• Worked in Ohio
House• Elected in 2006• One term 2007 - 2011
Minority Whip
• Eric Cantor (Virginia)• Worked in Virginia
assembly (1992-2001)
• Elected in 2008
Majority Leader
• Steny Hoyer (New York)
• Worked in Maryland Senate
• Elected in 2006• One term 2007 - 2011
Majority Whip
• James Clyburn (South Carolina)
• Worked in South Carolina human affairs commissioner (1974-1992)
• Elected in 2008• One term 2007 - 2011
Many Bills…but Few Laws
• At a recent Congressional session nearly 15,000 bills were proposed, but less than 6% of those were passed into laws.
Link to Brain Cancer
• Congress is being urged to look into and possibly take action on the thought of cell phones possibly being a link to brain cancer. The same kind of link that smoking has to lung cancer.
Tax Cut
• Recently, a $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in an effort rush government spending in order cut taxes to help with the recession that is currently taking place.